tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84604175279923094672024-03-14T10:07:30.713-07:00KAKIE MURRAYCakes, Paper, Cards, whatever seems to tickle my fancy at the time.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536762077298647394noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460417527992309467.post-23238696134052047762013-10-20T12:23:00.000-07:002013-10-20T12:23:33.932-07:00BOSTON TERRIER BIRTHDAY CAKE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello, everyone! It's been quite a year and this is LONG overdue! I set myself up for a little challenge this past August (10th to be exact) and decided to make a Boston Terrier Birthday Cake for my then Fiance, Mike. This may not sound so challenging to you cake makers out there BUUUT he only likes STORE BOUGHT CAKE. That includes ICING. This is QUITE the challenge for an at home baker and also the biggest slap in the face. Yes, it's easy and also tasty but I am constantly asking him to just TRY a cake from scratch. He loves my other baked goodies... I guess you love what you know.</div>
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To make this cake I literally just decided to WING it. I do this often and I fail... A LOT. This time... It worked (at least I think so). It helped that my muse was begging at my feet the ENTIRE time so I ws able to look down and go off of Oliver's face (my boston terrier) when I needed to.</div>
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As you can see I actually baked 1 chocolate sheet cake, 1 vanilla round, and some vanilla cupcakes as well from the same batch. It was just Mike and I celebrating his birthday so I didn't feel the need to make the cake any larger. Otherwise, I would have made 2 sheet cakes to build up off of. You'll see what I mean later. These cakes are completely cooled.</div>
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Now that I have my basic shapes I need to think about how this is going to look like MAH DAWG! Where do I cut? What do I leave? It's pretty simple.</div>
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Here's Oliver posing/begging. See how I cut the circle? I then took a part of it and pieced it up the head just like on Oliver. I made sure that Any part that would be WHITE ICING was made with Yellow Cake (the store literally had NO WHITE CAKE... Seriously.) See how it's not perfect? I'm cool with that. My dog is weird looking so the cake should be too. Right about now though I was a little worried because I thought the cake looked like a bear.</div>
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After some fretting... I drank some wine, cut out the ears, scaled down the head, and slapped in a mouth. Oliver just sat there. For the Nose I drew a template on paper, cut it out, then traced around it with a sharp knife. BOOM, Done.</div>
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When icing the cake remember you can always throw it in the fridge for a few minutes to make it not so melty and runny. I didn't buy enough chocolate icing (ANNOYING) so I had to use all of my black and some other colors to create that black you see there to the white icing. To make it all stretch a little further I did put them into my mixer which fluffed them and doubled the amount in each container. </div>
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Here I used piping bags for the details on his face. For the "Happy Birthday" and the bone up top... Yeah, that little disaster... I had run out of everything. I had some of those ready write gel tube things that I had never used... I gave them a whirl. They really bite the big one. I found that microwaving them in increments helped to get things going but I threw them out immediately after this.</div>
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My dog is missing some face! See... You could do more layers underneath! Yes, Mike ate the entire thing. So not fair.</div>
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I didn't use Duncan Hines cake. I have used this recipe many times from Cake Central. It's what I used for the beer pong cake and the ear cake as well. It always does the trick. The difference with those cakes is that I am able to use buttercream and fondant.... <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My blogs should start coming more regularly now that I am a married woman... No wedding planning to get in the way! If you would like to see what I did for my wedding and or some ideas check out <a href="http://kakiewedding.com/">kakiewedding.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536762077298647394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460417527992309467.post-274765442073955142013-03-25T10:38:00.000-07:002013-03-25T17:30:41.699-07:00AUNTIE KAKIE & MINI MURMAN! PUFFY PAINT PRO, YO!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">MEET MINI MURMAN! This is Owen! My adorable nephew that said "Ol-ver" before he said many other words. Owen is my oldest brother Will's son and he is 18 months old. He is in for a big shock. In July he going to become a BIG BROTHER! As Will knows...Sisters are amazing. Will and I have a brother Angus that just doesn't do much for the family dynamic (JUST KIDDING THAT'S MY TEST TO SEE IF YOU ACTUALLY READ THIS, ANGUS. I DON'T THINK YOU DO). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My <a href="http://kakiewedding.com/" target="_blank">SISTER IN-IN-LAW & BRIDESMAID </a> Tracie randomly texted me this picture and requested that I make Owen a shirt like this. I attempted to back out. The last time I used puffy paint I was in second grade and I hated it. It was such a pain and my shirt looked stupid and my mom made me wear it anyway. I hated wearing it to school and the colors I chose clashed. Stupid Kate. Anyway, I finally came around and agreed and I am happy that I did because the eventual end result is so much better than this picture! No offense (if anyone knows this source please let me know and I will credit them with the idea).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">THE FIRST THING TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU START THIS PROJECT IS HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE. HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE THIS PERSON? THE SHIRT I AM SHOWING YOU HOW TO MAKE TOOK ME A TOTAL OF TWELVE, YES, <b>TWELVE HOURS TO MAKE.</b> That is being kind with time. I probably spent more than that if you add in the time it took me to go and get the supplies. I had to go to 3 different stores to find the shirts. You must also keep in mind that I am of the crafty persuasion. If this is something newer to you it may take you even longer. Just something to be noted. If you are a beginner you will be able to take on this project but it will take you time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. CLEAN COTTON SHIRT</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. MASKING TAPE</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. 2 SIZES OF POSTER STENCILS</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. FINE TIP SHARPIES IN THE COLORS OF YOUR PUFFY PAINT</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. PUFFY PAINT- BUY 2 BOTTLES OF EACH COLOR (trust me)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. Cardboard cut to size of shirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">**One of my puffy paint bottles had clumps in it so I had to constantly shake it and push a pin into it to break up the clumps. I suggest just buying 2 bottles of the same color. If you do not use the second bottle you can just return it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Place the tape down on the shirt so that you can see that the stencils will be straight and fit properly. Figure out all of your spacing. You will see that the stencils have holes in them so that you can align them properly. This will not work for this project as you do not have adequate space on this little belly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Now that you have all of the spacing figured out. Trace the stencils onto your shirt. Once this is finished you can remove the stencils.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Begin by outlining the outline of the letter first and then fill it in. <i><b>I found it handy to squeeze the bottle away from the shirt first and then approach the letters with the bottle ready to write. This also reduced the risk of splattering onto my shirt. If you do splatter paint onto your shirt DO NOT WIPE IT. If there are little beads of splatter allow them to fully dry. The next day you can just pluck them off with tweezers. (tweezers are like puffy paint's eraser)</b></i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">TAKE NOTE HERE I WAITED UNTIL THE LETTERS WERE COMPLETELY DRY BETWEEN ROWS! </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> IF YOU TRY TO DO THE ENTIRE SHIRT AT ONCE YOU WILL SMUDGE A LETTER SOMEWHERE.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">COMPLETELY DRY: In most instances I left the shirt to dry over night. <i>I find that I tend to fuss and poke projects so if I leave something to dry over night I don't mess it up.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. Finish it off! One Layer gives you a flat painted look like you would get on any t-shirt. I Chose to do a Three layer process as I am an AWESOME AUNTIE! I also had this vision of Owen tracing his fingers along the letters if I made them more interactive. I OUTLINED and DID NOT FILL IN the "ONLY" 3 more times. This means I did a layer and allowed at LEAST A<b> FOUR HOUR DRYING TIME </b>IN BETWEEN EACH APPLICATION. FOR "CHILD" I did the same thing but made the entire word puffy. So one word is raised and one word is concave. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">DID I LOSE YOU? Are you thinking.. there is NO WAY IN HELL I AM DOING THIS? WHAT'S IT WORTH TO YOU? How much would you pay yourself an hour to make this? What do you make an hour? Your time is important. Don't forget... You are reading this because your probably already have child! Do you have the time to make this?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's pretend you make WAY BELOW minimum wage at $6.00 an hour</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We will say it will only take you 12 hours - 12 hours </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Supplies: $18 Puffy paints, shirt, tape, stencils (depending on if you have the shirt)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">COST FOR PROJECT FOR <b><u>YOU</u></b> TO MAKE: Approximately $90</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">COST TO BUY FROM <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kakiescraftery" target="_blank">KAKIE'S CRAFTERY- ONLY CHILD SHIRT</a>: $40</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I Would like to note that most of you make much more than $6 and hour. What is your time really worth? What would you really pay yourself to make this shirt? Use your hourly wage and the number of hours you think it will take for you to make this shirt. I am interested to see what you come up with! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The MURMEN <br /> Will Murray from the Howard Stern Show</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mini MURMAN<br />Yes, I wrote "MURMAN" in glitter... Seemed the right thing to do.<br />How cute is OWEN?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I was just doing the finishing touches on an engagement ring holder order when my hand slipped and I got glue all over the place. Seriously. I freaked OUT. If it was something for myself or a gift for a family member I wouldn't care but this is an order for a customer and I take extra care for orders that I make for customers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">There are some things that I do that are ok. An example of this would be my metal punching. I don't want that to be perfect. If you look at the letters they are all wobbly. I like it that way. It shows that I am not a machine. It gives it a rustic hand made look. A big glue smear across the ring holder is not acceptable in my book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. Dip Cotton Swab in Acetone based Nail Polish Remover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2. Gently rub over glue area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">3. Watch in amazement as all of the glue goes away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">4. Thank ME. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So far I have used this for only Arlene's Tacky Glue and for WARNING TOWING Stickers. That is another blog post to come... Just know.. I was really angry that day.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536762077298647394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460417527992309467.post-27011735528986149542013-02-15T17:40:00.005-08:002013-02-28T18:48:59.713-08:00Baking Ham Breaking Bad<span style="font-size: large;">Mike and I probably had the most uneventful Valentine's Day EVER. I DARE You to challenge me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I even anticipated how lame it was going to be so I made the card to reflect it... and embraced it. This year we really don't have much. We are planning our wedding and I lost my job (I had to quit because I had a bad spinal tap and was unable to commute to NYC). We decided that instead of going to an overcrowded, overpriced, hot spot we would bake a ham and watch something on Netflix. I had never baked a ham so I thought it would be fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love to bake and Mike loves baked goods. Here is what KILLS me about him. HE LOVES BOXED CAKE. I could probably make anything from scratch (HAPPILY) and he requests boxed cake. On Pinterst I saw a pin to drop a Hershey Kiss in the center after 5 minutes of baking. I would attach the link here for you but when I went to follow it there was nothing more to the pin. We used Hershey's Dark Chocolate. It was supposed to give you a "molten" type situation. I am going to try this again with better quality chocolates and with real cake. This was my test run. I think the actual method might not be bad. It was gooey and in the middle. Once they were cooled (next day) it is like having a solid kiss in the middle of your cupcake. If you are not expecting it you might choke on it.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was using the ready to decorate icing store tubes.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Doesn't quite allow for great piping but I couldn't resist a red</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. I went on google Images. Found the Image of Saul that I liked that was 2 tone and clear. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. I then painted Saul. With glue in stages. I used the same glue that you use with embossing stamps. (same method). Sprinkle desired embossing powder on areas where wet glue is. Make sure you paint a very very thin layer of glue (about same amount when stamping).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4. Once all of the areas are covered with embossing powder use heating tool. I was upset at this point because Saul did not turn out as clear as he was before he was heated. Still Impressive but... It was better in powder formation. Allow Saul time to cool off then cut out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. I painted over "BETTER CALL SAUL" That was very simple. I then outlined it with a red pen. I originally was using glitter markers by American Crafts. They ended up ripping apart the paper and then thy blue died in the middle of the project. I find all of their products to be of poor quality. Stay away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. I hot glued 4 pieces of cardboard together for Saul's backing. This way he sticks up further. See how he is raised? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6. I cut the two pages of card stock to 8" with a paper cutter and then used an Elmer's glue spray adhesive that I have. It was my first time trying out a spray adhesive and it worked wonders! I then mounted all of the smaller items onto the 8" pieces and that's how I got my Son's of Anarchy/Breaking Bad Valentine's Day Ham Card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">**I realize I may have overly simplified my instructions and made them seem easy. If I hadn't had mistakes this card would have taken me about 5 hours to make. From start to finish (google image search and all) If you have questions please ask! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is Mike & Oliver. So Cute. Yes, I got flowers and ham. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Save the Date I used my engagement ring to circle the town where Mike and I will be getting married. </span></div>
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<a href="http://kakiewedding.blogspot.com/2013/01/std-notice-save-dates.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Click here to see our UNIIQUE Save the Dates. Warning. They are very FUNNY.</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided that I wanted to make a gift for one of my Maids of Honor, Arielle. I spoke with her fiance and found out the exact location of where she got engaged and put the pin in that spot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I then added some metal stamping to make it funny... Get it? </span></div>
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As some of you may know I have two blogs and I wasn't quite sure which one this falls under. I received this beautiful piece of pottery as an engagement gift. It's the first thing (besides cash) that we got as a gift. My mom always talks about the wedding gifts that she got that she didn't expect that she loves and uses all the time. Well, this would be one one of them for me.</div>
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It arrived in the mail from our family friends, The Freemans. At first I had no idea what it was. It looked like a weird chamber pot I remembered from visiting Valley Forge every year on school field trips. Then upon closer inspection... I found two plain business cards tucked in the box. IT'S A CHICKEN ROASTER! </div>
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The Chicken Roaster itself is beautifully made. It almost seems wrong to use it as a means to cook an ugly chicken. It really is a piece of art. It was made by Longacre Pottery <a href="http://www.longacrepottery.com/" target="_blank">View other items made by Longacre Pottery</a> in Phoenixville, PA.</div>
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For my first time cooking with it I decided to go the simple route and cook with what I had. The instructions say you can "pour and liquid- water water to whiskey or anything in between" so I went with a Rolling Rock. Over the summer my brother cooked a beer can chicken on the grill and it was pretty good so I figured this could probably simulate that.<br />
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2.. Clean Chicken in sink. Season inside. (I seasoned with Crazy Janes Mixed Up Salt). Sit on top of tube with neck on top (Vertically). I plugged the neck with an onion and then used a metal skewer to fold the skin flap over it. I don't think you need to do this but I wanted to keep the onion in place and I didn't have anything else on hand to keep that sucker in place.</div>
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The chicken was so moist. I had never seen anything like it that I was afraid that it wasn't cooked properly but the meat thermometer said it was fine and it wasn't pink. I cook all the time. Seriously. I just have never...EVER...seen a chicken this moist. Even in a restaurant. So I guess this has pretty much ruined chicken for us anywhere else. Did I mention that this was just me "winging" it? I can't wait to try out some real recipes on it! I'm thinking apples & lemon! Maybe some juice or wine in the tube?? YUM!</div>
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This is a very simple way to make signs for pictures so that you can put whatever message you would like in the frame when editing the image. You can use these for engagement photos, family photos, christmas cards, baby pictures (marking the months). Really, the options are endless!</div>
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I bought my frames at AC Moore and Home Goods. They both were very inexpensive. I believe that I spent $7 & $14 on the frames. I chose very simple frames because you are going to be putting font inside of them. It will be a lot to look at so you want to keep it simple. Remember, you will also be in the picture and have the whole background also.</div>
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Here is an example of how I used the frames for my save the dates. <a href="http://kakiewedding.blogspot.com/2013/01/wedding-signs-save-date.html" target="_blank">Save The Dates- Kakie Wedding!</a></div>
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While I was standing there reducing my sauce I remembered I had this pastry pocket press I got on an impulse buy when there was a 30% sale on all things Wilton at AC Moore. I also always have Pillsbury pie crusts laying around and I checked the date on them and they were still GOOD (I had them for my <a href="http://kakiemurray.blogspot.com/2012/11/ice-cream-sweet-potato-pie.html" target="_blank">MINI ICE CREAM SWEET POTATO PIES</a>). Typically, I have them frozen in the freezer because they have them on sale so I will buy them on sale and then thaw them when I need them.</div>
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Here is what I did. I had some left over filling and I probably could have made one more pie pocket but I didn't feel like it. </div>
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2 GRANNY SMITH APPLES</div>
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PILLSBURRY PIE CRUSTS</div>
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4. LIGHTLY FLOUR WORK SURFACE AND ROLL OUT DOUGH. USING BOTTOM OF PRESS CUT OUT ALL RECTANGLE PIECES. <br />
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8. BAKE FOR 17-20 MINUTES UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN DEPENDING ON YOUR OVEN.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536762077298647394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460417527992309467.post-65478295186493924682012-12-29T22:06:00.001-08:002012-12-29T22:06:46.117-08:00Minty Fresh Kisses- Keep your Guests FRESH Cookies<br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.3em;">I literally copied and pasted this recipe below. Don't be a hater. I had nothing to change! It's a good recipe! I did decide to make these a New Years Cookie so I used festive fun fireworks sugar (plus it was all I had). I am going to my brother's for a New Years get together and thought it would be cute to bring minty cookies. While we won't be kissing each other... Might be great to have something fresh for your guests! </span></div>
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Some issues that I had were that I made some of my balls too big. I also poked my wooden spoon down a little too far so when I put the filling in I had some balls have accidents. Other than that. They are good. I think these are the type of cookie that you either love or don't. They are very rich in flavor so if you love chocolate than these are for you!</div>
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<li class="instruction" id="zlrecipe-instruction-3" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Add the melted chocolate and mix until combined. Add the flour mixture all at once and mix until just combined. Form the dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.</li>
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I guess it had to happen at some point. The ginger got me. While I was visiting my friend Gabriel Noble in Boston we put together a gingerbread kit. The Rudolph one. It was the first time for both of us. The kit came with everything that we needed (even a bag of icing) so we were able to just glue the candy on. During my train ride home to NJ I decided that I wanted to try to make one on my own. I started looking for kits to buy on Amazon. </div>
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I ended up buying the above mold. I decided that I would probably end up making a house more than once and it was the same price as the kits so it made more sense to buy the mold. I also liked the idea that it would give me textured walls and windows. When I decorated it I found that it did help me to decorate. I think that in the future I will probably be a little more creative. I had never worked with gingerbread so I followed their suggested recipe. I looked up websites but I wasn't sure about how other recipes would work in the mold. The mold also comes with a pastry bag. If you do not have some of your own I suggest that you buy some. I used a couple of different cake decorating tips.<br />
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I constructed my gingerbread house on a silver cake board that I thought was pretty. By the time I was finished I had to cover the entire thing in icing because it was all kinds of messed up! Another trick that I did to make my life easier was that I used my cake decorating stand. It's like a Lazy Susan. If you have one of those I suggest using that!<br />
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There were Twizzlers to outline the roof but they ended up being needed in the taste department instead of in design. I will probably have to buy two bags next year.<br />
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I love that the door is open!! I thought I had a battery operated candle to put in there but I didn't. Next Year.<br />
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I just noticed that he has no face. They are so small. It's hard to put one on them. Next year... Possibly.<br />
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It took a while to get the correct icing consistency. You have to thin it down after you have constructed and adhered everything onto your house to get icicles. Mine could probably be a bit thinner... Next year.<br />
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If you're a slob like me you will find that royal icing is ROYAL pain to clean up. I also hate cleaning the icing tips for my decorating bags. I came up with a cleaning solution that actually worked wonders on the tips. <a href="http://kakiemurray.blogspot.com/2012/11/magical-household-cleaner.html" target="_blank">Magical Household Cleaner-- Kakie Murray</a> <br />
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<b>Oliver The Elf</b></div>
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If you are reading this you might be a crafter or know one. Somehow, you can relate. I urge you to print/pin this and share it with your friends, family, and local craft store.<br />
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I love making cards, gifts, and baked goods for people. It's time intensive and labor intensive. Often times my fiancé get's upset with me because I spend so much time on "just a card" that someone "won't appreciate". The cards that I make for people (posts to come after the holiday season) take me over five hours each. I tend to make all aspects of my cards because buying all of the supplies can be so costly. It can actually be more expensive to hand make items if you are starting as a new crafter than it is to just go buy something which is why this year I'm trying a new angle, SANTA!<br />
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If you pay close attention to everything I have made over the last 5 years for people you can see that they have the same paper patterns, colors, and accents just used differently. This isn't because I want to. It's because SUPPLIES ARE EXPENSIVE. Individually items are cheap but they add up QUICKLY! I usually buy items in sale sections off season and use everything sparingly.<br />
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I took it upon myself to write a letter to santa on behalf of all crafters. Hopefully it helps us. If you do not know what an item is on the list you can look it up in the amazon search in the side bar to the right and it will bring up a picture of it. If you are buying these items I suggest you get them all at one place on one receipt. I find AC MOORE has a great return Policy. For big ticket items I buy everything on Amazon. I am also a Prime member so I get free two day shipping (I found a holiday promotion for amazon and put the link below the list). It's totally worth it. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>This year I was really well behaved. I made so many crafts that I could work full time in your work shop. Are you hiring? I've been trying my best to spread holiday cheer this year. I even made my dog into an Elf ornament! I am writing to you on behalf of year round crafters, bakers, cheer spreaders, and smile givers. We are running low on supplies and are afraid that this will lead the world into a downward spiral of doom and gloom. A little glitter goes a long way.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>This year I am leaving out an array of holiday treats for you, the reindeer, and the elves so please stop by.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The person you are buying for may only specialize in one craft. Most of these items I use for many different types of crafts (card making, scrap booking, ornament making). If you are buying common items like ink pads get colors they might not have like turquoise. My craft supply is at the bare minimum at the moment and I have started with the primary colors. If you are buying stamps get something that might interest them (I always love a great Boston Terrier stamp) that they can use on different projects. Right now in the stores there are a lot of holiday oriented craft supplies. Remember that we craft year round and love to give for all occasions so for me a great "Gone Fishin'" embellishment that I could use on a card for Uncle Jim Bob is just as awesome as that marked up Snowman you are considering buying. Just keep that in mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Fellow Crafters-- What's on your list this year? Leave a comment and I will add it! What do you use all the time? What's your MUST have item? Pin it and drop a hint to your friends and family! ;)</u></b></span></div>
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Sometimes...I just can't help myself. I was given a pinecone wreath as a gift and I thought it was really cute. My original thought was that I would hang the pinecone wreath on my door with fresh greens behind it. Well, that didn't happen. I love me my burlap.</div>
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You can do this technique with any wreath, really. I like the way it looks so much that I might make a small one for inside my apartment. This was so easy that you could do this with your children. </div>
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BURLAP SQUARES (with gold highlights on them)</div>
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1. GLUE BELLS ON WITH HOT GLUE GUN.</div>
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2. GLUE BURLAP SQUARES ON. Fold squares and glue into all the little nooks and crannies of the pinecones. Glue the squares in different directions. <a href="http://kakiemurray.blogspot.com/2012/11/burlap-gold-pom-pom-ornament.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+KakieMurray+%28Kakie+Murray%29" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW I MADE MY BURLAP & GOLD SQUARES</a></div>
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3. ADD TO YOUR EXISTING BOW. I did this by making single loops and putting them behind the bow.</div>
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4. FLUFF YOUR BURLAP AND TAKE OFF ANY UNWANTED FRINGE. I did leave some of the pinecones showing. I actually didn't intend to put that much burlap on. I got a little carried away. </div>
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5. HANG AND ENJOY.</div>
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If you like the way this wreath looks you might want to check out how to make my Burlap Pom Pom Ornament: <a href="http://kakiemurray.blogspot.com/2012/11/burlap-gold-pom-pom-ornament.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+KakieMurray+%28Kakie+Murray%29" target="_blank">BURLAP POM POM ORNAMENT</a> </div>
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This year I had the unique experience of discovering that my fiancé left my tree skirt and angel tree topper in storage which is more than an hour drive away. Well, I have this weird christmas purchasing habit. I buy garland and never know what to do with it. I just know I like it. I have garland bells, garland beads, and even cheap dollar store gold garland. I have tried draping it but I live in an apartment. I don't have banisters or archways. I have modern manly looking Ikea furniture. It never works so year to year I just put it back in the storage box (heart broken).</div>
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1. CUT YOUR BURLAP INTO DESIRED CIRCLE SIZE. You can make this for any sized tree. The outer edges of the circle should line up with the widest part of the tree. (Reference my tree picture).<br />
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2. CUT HOLE IN CENTER OF YOUR CIRCLE. <i>If you notice my circle isn't quite perfect. It's not a big deal. Nobody's perfect. Pick the side that you like the best for the front and then</i> CUT A LINE STRAIGHT BACK FROM THE CENTER CIRCLE TO THE OUTSIDE.<br />
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3. PLAY AROUND WITH HOW YOUR GARLANDS WILL LOOK TOGETHER. DECIDE ON YOUR PATTERN BEFORE YOU START.<br />
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3. STARTING WITH THE BACK OF THE TREE SKIRT AND YOUR OUTSIDE GARLAND BEGIN TO GLUE ALONG THE EDGE. GLUE 4-5 BEADS AT A TIME. HOLD IN PLACE PRESSING FIRMLY UNTIL THEY ARE SET. DO THIS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SKIRT.<br />
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4. USING THE SAME TECHNIQUE YOU DID WITH THE OUTTER GARLAND GLUE THE GOLD GARLAND ALONG THE INSIDE. THIS TIME YOU CAN USE A DOT OG HOT GLUE EVERY SO OFTEN. YOU DO NOT NEED A LOT OF GLUE FOR THIS GARLAND AS IT IS BETWEEN THE TWO GARLANDS. MAKE SURE THAT IT IS PRESSED UP RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR FIRST ROW.<br />
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5. REPEAT WITH YOUR LAST ROW OF GARLAND. PUTTING THE GLUE ON THE INSIDE OF THE GARLAND SANDWICH. BE SURE NOT TO USE TOO GLUE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE STILL FIRMLY HOLDING EACH SECTION IN PLACE UNTIL IT IS SECURE.<br />
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6. ONCE YOU HAVE FINISHED DECORATING THE OUTER EDGES OF THE TREE SKIRT DECORATE THE INNER CIRCLE AND THE CUT OUT TO THE EDGES. <i>The only reason that I did not continue the red and gold on the back is because I ran out of the red garland. </i><br />
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As you can see below I toyed with the idea of bells along the back. I was going to use them and twine loops as a closure. I decided to keep my tree skirt more simple as my tree itself has so much decoration. There are many different possibilities that you can do with this. If you feel the need to you can put a clasp on the back of the skirt but I find that the weight from the beads and glue keeps it in its place fine.</div>
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We'll start this entry off with the obvious. Yes, that's officially the cutest dog you have ever seen. You have not been fooled. Meet Oliver. Christmas fashion model. He's so fierce. He took the job so seriously he lost 5lbs in his eyeballs. For my ornament I wanted him to be less serious so I made him more googley eyed.<br />
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This would be a great ornament activity to do with kids if you have them. You can really do this project with any shapes. I opted to not sew the felt as I used a lot of small felt accents. Glue is my buddy. To adapt this project for children or people with special needs you can have all of the felt pieces pre-cut and the picture of the dog as a guide for them. You can also use Elmer's glue.<br />
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SCISSORS<br />
CARD STOCK<br />
PRINTED PICTURE ON PAPER<br />
SEWING PINS<br />
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<b>DIRECTIONS:</b><br />
1. TAKE PICTURE OF WHAT YOU WANT TO TURN INTO AN ORNAMENT. PRINT IT OUT. TRACE THE DIFFERENT SHAPES IN THE PICTURE ONTO DIFFERENT SPOTS ON A SEPARATE PAPER. THE HAT. THE HAT FRINGE. THE HEAD. THE WHITE SPOT ON THE FACE. THE EYES. THE NOSE. <i> Please note that I made the head and the green part of the hat overlap in the back behind the red part of the hat. You want to make sure that you do not have all of the shapes coming together at the same point. </i><br />
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2. CUT OUT EACH SHAPE AND SECURELY PIN THEM TO YOUR SELECTED FELT COLOR.<br />
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3. CUT OUT SHAPES IN FELT.<br />
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5. TAKE OUT THE PINS. PIECE ALL OF YOUR FELT TOGETHER AND SEE HOW YOUR ORNAMENT LOOKS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL OF THE PIECES. <i>If you do not like the look of some of your felt pieces you can re-cut them. Those are not Oliver's real eye size. I just cut that shape.</i><br />
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6. DO A TEST STRIP ON SCRAP FELT WITH THE GLUE. I USED TACKY GLUE AND IT DID NOT SHOW UP. THIS WILL ALSO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH YOU WILL BE USING WHEN YOU PUT TOGETHER YOUR ORNAMENT.<br />
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7. ONCE YOUR ORNAMENT IS ALL GLUED TOGETHER CUT A PIECE OF CARD STOCK THAT IS THE SAME SHAPE BUT SLIGHTY SMALLER THAN THE PERIMETER OF THE BACK OF THE ORNAMENT. <br />
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8. PLACE RIBBON ON BACK OF ORNAMENT AND GLUE CARD STOCK (SEE BELOW). MAKE SURE THAT YOU EVENLY COVER THE CARD STOCK WITH THE GLUE AND THAT YOU DO NUT USE TOO MUCH GLUE.<br />
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9. ALLOW ORNAMENT PLENTY OF TIME TO DRY. <i>I left mine over night.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>10. ENJOY! <i> I added a couple of extra decorations on the hat that weren't originally on it. For the bell on the hat I cut a plastic bead from a dollar store garland and hot glued it to the tip of the hat. I didn't have anything else laying around that size to use. I've been using garland for a lot of crafts lately! Stay tuned for my tree skirt!</i><br />
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A couple of years ago my family took a trip to Costa Rica. We stayed in Playa Negra. If you ever get a chance to go. GO! It was amazing. While I was there I found so many of these amazing spiral shells all in about the same size. </div>
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Making this Ornament couldn't be any easier. I chose 5 shells that were about the same size and used my hot glue gun to glue them to each other. I then did a ring of hot glue on the back as seen below to keep them all together. Thread a ribbon through and hang it on your tree and your'e done!</div>
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I have a couple of them on my tree and they look really cute. I love handmade ornaments like this because they take me right back to the beach where I found them and the vacation that I was on. We had the best vacation rental home! I will find some pictures and post them!</div>
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Big fan of burlap over here! I bought some so I could get a handle of what I will need to buy for my wedding (Stay tuned for my WEDDING DIY BLOG). I really couldn't get an idea of how much I really needed to cover a silly table. I bought 3 yards of the cheaper more "rustic" burlap and decided that there is no way I could use this for my wedding. </div>
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I love how burlap and gold look together. I really love subtle gold highlights on anything so I decided to make a "pom pom" with gold high lights. I have a couple of different colored metallic paints so I am going to make a few pom poms and hang them. You could really display them in a manner if different ways (wreaths, on stairway bannisters, from garland, in your windows, clustered in a decorative bowl, or just on your tree).</div>
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1. CUT BURLAP INTO LONG 1 INCH WIDE STRIPS. (My burlap is 60 inches wide and I cut 6 strips) </div>
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2. PAINT DOWN THE EDGES OF THE STRIPS. I did this by overlapping my burlap edges painting two edges at the same time to save time. Do not worry if it looks sloppy. You want it to be gloppy. Look how bad mine is! I had to blot mine on because I used the rustic burlap I had to be careful of the edges fraying. </div>
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6. STARTING AT THE TOP OF THE ORNAMENT FOLD THE SQUARES SO THE GOLD ACCENTS ARE ON THE OUTSIDE. YOU ARE PRETTY MUCH FOLDING A TRIANGLE SO THAT THE MIDDLE IS THE INSIDE OF YOUR SQUARE. PUT A DOT A GLUE ON THE TIP AND STICK TO ORNAMENT. HOLD IN PLACE UNTIL IT STAYS. REPEAT UNTIL THE WHOLE THING IS COVERED.</div>
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In between cleanings her Jeweler suggested that she put her ring in windex for 20 minutes. I suggest using a small cup (I use my spice pinch bowls). A shot glass would be perfect. For some reason I don't have any shot glasses. When you do this in an actual glass and you take your ring our you can actually see the dirt floating around in the windex. I suggest rinsing your ring off afterwards. For obvious reasons do not hold your ring over an open drain. All you are doing is soaking your ring. Do not try to use anything else to try to clean your ring. You could end up damaging it. I clean my ring about once a month.<br />
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As you can see with my ring I have rows of Emeralds that lay flat on either side of my diamond. This is a great place for a build up of dirt. I find that doing the Windex treatment works wonders. Below is a picture that Mike just took of my ring.<br />
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I am obsessed with my ring and have yet to see another one like it. I am sure that now I have released it onto the world of Pinterest it will become huge. I love the detail work. Both of my brothers bought their engagement rings at Steven Singer so I encouraged my fiancé to shop there also. :)</div>
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This is a recipe that I have made a bunch of times as a pumpkin pie but have decided to turn it into a sweet potato pie do to a popular vote (2 out of 3). I was so heavily influenced by Kamau Bell of Totally Biased who composed this blind taste test of pumpkin vs. sweet potato pie. I just had to serve my family sweet potato this year... It would be rude not to! </div>
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Don't be afraid of all of the ingredients! I know that some sort of repeat themselves. When I bake I find that recipes usually run on the bland side so I tend to be heavy handed in with spices. Obviously you can adapt the recipe anyway you want.</div>
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1 1/2 pints Butter Pecan ice cream, softened (you can use vanilla but won't it taste nearly as good)</div>
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<i>Variation: This specific time I decided to make miniature pies. I bought the Pillsbury roll out dough that comes with 2 pie crusts in a box. I always buy 2 boxes just in case I royally mess up) When making them I found that they only took about 5-7 minutes to bake and I cut them about a 1/2 inch larger than the width of the muffin pan opening.</i></div>
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2. In a large bow whisk together the eggs. Stir in the Sweet Potato Puree, sugar, and all spices listed. (I mix all of my spices together first in a bowl with the sugar to make sure they are fully blended). Mix in soft ice cream until smooth. Pour filling into two 9 inch pie shells.</div>
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<i>Variation: Ladle pie filling into each of your cooled pie shells still in muffin tin. </i></div>
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3. Bake for 15 Minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and bake an additional 30 to 40 minutes.</div>
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<i>Variation: Bake in preheated oven oven for 7-9 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 Degrees F (175 C) and cover with aluminum foil. Bake an additional 30-35 minutes. You may have to cook your's longer. I have a very efficient Viking Stove (David Jay if you're reading I put this in here for you and I hope you're laughing... HARD) so I have to really be careful with burning crusts. </i></div>
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If you are using graham cracker crust or not messing with the dough at all... Well, you're smart. I really hate dough. I seldom do things with it but I keep on wanting to have cute pies to bring to people! You also will not have to do all of the fussing that I did with the tin foil in the variation recipe. </div>
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I'm not sure how all the hard core people make their sweet potato pies. I am a little lazy so I just microwaved the sweet potatoes. We eat them all the time that way and they taste fine so that's how I handled the puree part. Oh, I also pureed them with my Kitchen Aid hand blender and it took what seemed like two seconds for them to become silky smooth. That thing is a beast.</div>
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FYI: There will be chunks of pecan in your pies. The better the brand ice cream you use the better off you are in the pecan department. I also ended up making a few little pies and one big pie. Dough is not my friend.</div>
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**I made this recipe again using graham cracker crusts. I didn't have to tin foil anything and they look much better... This is the way to go!!<br />
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I am a firm believer all inclusive activities. If you see something on my blog that you would like to do with someone that has a disability of any kind please send me a message and I will try my best to adapt my post! I have 15 years of experience working and loving with people with disabilities so it I would be honored to know that my crafts are being shared in the community. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536762077298647394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460417527992309467.post-65571776985498449862012-11-15T20:38:00.003-08:002013-02-23T14:52:31.210-08:00Magical Household Cleaner<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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11/28/2012 UPDATE: The oven pictures and the you tube video are a quick little view. I only spent about 10 minutes cleaning the door. My fiancé walked into the kitchen and announced that he wanted to broil a steak so I didn't see the point in super cleaning it. Sorry that the video isn't the best. Cleaning with one hand and video taping with the other isn't very easy! I was excited to find a pocket of filth to be able to share a before and after with all of you! I had never washed the oven glass and I don't know if the people that lived in the apartment before me did. I know, I'm gross. Whatever. It's an oven. All germs die in it. Get over it. <br />
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I didn't actually go to the website and read their instructions. I saw the ingredients used and decided to add to them... Here is what I found. I have no idea if what I added is necessary. It works and is cheap so I am stickin' to it.<br />
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<b>OH MY WORD! </b>I actually used this solution to clean my whole fridge by candle light with cold water to rinse during Hurricane Sandy and my fridge has actually never been cleaner!<br />
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I did just read their instructions and have found that I didn't have to heat up the vinegar at all. I also didn't have to leave the solution to sit on anything for a long amount of time. It took everything right off! I didn't have anything that was really filthy but it did get a lot of things that are annoying to clean spotless in seconds! I think it is important to mention that I rinsed the surfaces off after using this to not leave anything on them and when cleaning I wear fashionable pink rubber gloves from the dollar store. I did not think to take before and after pictures (good thing so you can't see the filth that I live in on a day to day basis... haha).<br />
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6 Cups White Distilled Vinegar <br />
2/3 cup DAWN Power Clean<br />
2/3 DAWN ULTRA<br />
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Pour Vinegar in a mixing bowl. Add DAWN ULTRA and then add DAWN POWER CLEAN. I then stir them with my whisk slowly so they don't bubble up and then put them into 2 spray bottles that I got at the dollar store (as seen below**). If mixture has been sitting for a bit you have to swish it around to blend it together again. I wouldn't recommend shaking it. This should be safe on all surfaces but as it is just dish soap and vinegar but just to be safe you should always do a small test area.<br />
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<b><u>AMAZING RESULTS:</u></b><br />
<b>STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES</b><br />
<b>CAST IRON BROILING PAN-- Imagine how well this will work on the grill in the summer!</b><br />
<b>STOVE TOP</b><br />
<b>GRANITE</b><br />
<b>MICROWAVE</b><br />
<b>BATHTUB BUILD UP</b><br />
<b>TOOTH PASTE</b><br />
<b>MARBLE</b><br />
<b>MIRRORS</b> (specifically food debris stuck from flossing. It came off in one quick swipe and then I used windex after just in case there were streaks)<br />
<b>DOORS</b> and frames<br />
<b>ELBOW GREASE</b>- No more scrubbing!<br />
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My fiancé doesn't like the smell of the vinegar so I am alway sure to rinse everything down right after I have cleaned it so there isn't too much of a lingering vinegar smell. I did attempt to make this mixture with another type of dish soap that was scented and vinegar. It did smell better but I think it did not work nearly as well.<br />
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**I actually emptied one of my other household cleaners and cleaned out the bottle and have found that it sprays better than the dollar store bottles so if you really trust me you will safely dispose of your old cleaning agents and reuse the bottle for this great magical cleaner!!! Please make sure that you completely rinse out the bottle before pouring in this mixture. If there is any kind of bad harmful combination call posion control or 911 immediately.<br />
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*Yet ANOTHER UPDATE 2/23/2013 Sprayed it in my toilet bowl. Worked wonders. I don't know why I didn't think to use it in my toilet before. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536762077298647394noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460417527992309467.post-50080246546475765432012-10-27T12:34:00.001-07:002013-01-01T13:10:27.108-08:00Chocolate Coffee Trifle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been quite a while since I have posted anything that I have baked so I have looked through my phone/facebook and found the most requested picture and recipes It is a huge hit at family gatherings and is quite easy to make! This is a recipe that I originally found on the internet (possibly from allrecipes.com) and then made many of my own adjustments to. Feel free to find the original.<br />
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Trifle Dish/Glass Bowl <br />
Boxed Chocolate Cake <br />
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heavy whipping cream (as much or as little as you want)<br />
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Bake cake in 9" round pans as directed and allow to cool-- SO SIMPLE, RIGHT?<br />
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Make Pudding in a bowl and allow to cool in fridge -only needs a few minutes. -- STILL EASY!<br />
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Pour whipping cream into mixer on low setting with whisk attachment. gradually bringing the speed up. When is starts to thicken i sprinkle in about 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar and then 3 tablesppons of coffee gournds. it may be more coffe. you want the whipped cream to be a light tan color. it looks gross at first but the coffee will dissovle. i promise. I should have my meaurements in front of me for you... I usually buy the 8 oz containers. I find one to be enough.-- THIS IS IMPPORTANT! YOU WILL WANT TO ADD A LOT OF SUGAR TO YOU WHIPPED CREAM. <b>DO NOT DO THIS.<b></b></b> The whipped cream alone does not taste amazing. I know. Just you wait until it parties with everyone else... By the way you, should have whipped it good.<br />
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Cut the cake so that it fits into your trifle dish. <i>I actually use the trifle dish as my guide to cut the cake. When cutting the cake you want to remember that you will be fitting two-three layers of cake into that dish. It seems easy now... Just you wait. <i></i></i><br />
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Once the first cake is nicely placed in the trifle dish I coat it in kahlua. Don't be shy with the booze. Every time I make this I add more. I find the more I add the better it tastes!<br />
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Now put a layer of your chocolate pudding on. I plunk it in the middle and then smooth it outward with a spoon so you get cleaner edges. Do the same thing with the whipped cream. Do a layer of heath bar also.<br />
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You must refridgerate this for a couple of hours before serving. You can make all of the ingredients ahead of time. You have to assemble the day of delivery.<br />
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I have also assembled this in single servings and cooked the cake in a cupcake pan. I bought my big trifle dish at Kohls. It is made by the food network. It looks like they make the individual trifle dishes (posted link below) now. I don't know if they still make the big trifle dishes. :)<br />
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So I've made this numerous times now. This past time I had the genius idea to cut the cake circle in half. The difference was amazing. It was so much easier to assemble this way and much cleaner looking. You also will not be able to see that you cut it as you coat it in pudding anyway. I also baked my cake 2 days ahead of time and did basted the Kahlua on it though out those days. It was amazing.</div>
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This is the big one I just made.</div>
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Once again I had an extra cake layer so this time I use my pastry rings and cut small cake circles and did the layering in the cups and took them to my brother's house for a gathering. I think they were upset I only had 6. Haha. These bad boys are always in high demand!</div>
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If you are using plastic cups like I did make sure that they aren't broken! I guess one of the rims broke on one of my cups into a trifle and ended up in someone's mouth. He survived and still liked the trifle... So I was let off the hook easy. :)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536762077298647394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460417527992309467.post-87986925781284288912010-12-26T10:06:00.000-08:002012-12-05T23:15:34.290-08:00SNOWMAN Christmas Cake<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkEs4btK75e_NH0qhxYuCdjWAvBl_a0xcXSUSN5apR-5Kw_tcOi6DhFLyyZ95lIhnzySMkMfGMtya-1q5Pj59RukM0B1tDSwHVMU2RGDslXjxfd3ajfYxlhGjEa5VDXZKujPVvln6PV4/s1600/snowman.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555054129634704130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVkEs4btK75e_NH0qhxYuCdjWAvBl_a0xcXSUSN5apR-5Kw_tcOi6DhFLyyZ95lIhnzySMkMfGMtya-1q5Pj59RukM0B1tDSwHVMU2RGDslXjxfd3ajfYxlhGjEa5VDXZKujPVvln6PV4/s320/snowman.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></a><br />
Traditional English Christmas Cake decorated with fondant to look like a snowman.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536762077298647394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460417527992309467.post-89234042735378300122010-11-05T19:48:00.000-07:002012-12-05T23:17:22.654-08:00Cake Decorating Class<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_ZvNK-o6Q54yHm3LBuEBpNS3UkX0C9EUTGMDj4U8JLXChCkpUDXRl7uxSHhbn3MvskFZ4W1BV4LElAjzHDiIM42DOjNLb8xLb-FdIIsg1te-qSPkscmvPVCaEXUTOQO5aQHduhfpu48/s1600/cupcakecake2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536263538306643250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_ZvNK-o6Q54yHm3LBuEBpNS3UkX0C9EUTGMDj4U8JLXChCkpUDXRl7uxSHhbn3MvskFZ4W1BV4LElAjzHDiIM42DOjNLb8xLb-FdIIsg1te-qSPkscmvPVCaEXUTOQO5aQHduhfpu48/s320/cupcakecake2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></a><br />
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I took a class at AC Moore for cake decorating. I was actually only able to attend 3 classes. I believe this is the first cake that I decorated.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536762077298647394noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460417527992309467.post-89716667047573863592010-10-20T17:50:00.000-07:002010-10-20T18:31:46.967-07:00Cupcakes for my babe<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOWxNmUSrYjKBk358RRYqWXin5JWVMRkp5ZxbYpE9tasKmzesYJHq3g4osmpn6c4Q6_XsiHkWMSJuTl8kmA_SMTx1LaiMHqTGVvcNiHzbGoUlXJJXNhf-pkCGRzJyaqGyqComn_oAmtc/s1600/cupckae1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOWxNmUSrYjKBk358RRYqWXin5JWVMRkp5ZxbYpE9tasKmzesYJHq3g4osmpn6c4Q6_XsiHkWMSJuTl8kmA_SMTx1LaiMHqTGVvcNiHzbGoUlXJJXNhf-pkCGRzJyaqGyqComn_oAmtc/s320/cupckae1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530305146365432226" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536762077298647394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460417527992309467.post-81525714185314109022010-10-09T12:37:00.000-07:002010-10-09T12:42:52.033-07:00Carol's Apple Walnut Cake<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzvuytzRxGfWK1kJm4GwSXMPNcLXntwcLG2P6NewSCDw57fOcCvSw8eJFWPwT7MOICDeo9h6yRQlzQOczomOLuiATr3fmGEeI4jWYugpVcoIhxi1MpYqsjlFh8oJfSZjQ0fu63qTbZjA/s1600/carold2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzvuytzRxGfWK1kJm4GwSXMPNcLXntwcLG2P6NewSCDw57fOcCvSw8eJFWPwT7MOICDeo9h6yRQlzQOczomOLuiATr3fmGEeI4jWYugpVcoIhxi1MpYqsjlFh8oJfSZjQ0fu63qTbZjA/s320/carold2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526133076409113890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZLEEnYgMdiYGDvVrwC8emBKp4XTx_oS0H1decRH8Ns-WdOHBF6NOXiBb5sGEKkjEVmwqTvqWIEEMO6gARg9gz-8fZliHX9tmSpy8irMuVsAa1hTDhIw2Bs93a2qOY0UHXaUFi9s8Le4/s1600/carol1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZLEEnYgMdiYGDvVrwC8emBKp4XTx_oS0H1decRH8Ns-WdOHBF6NOXiBb5sGEKkjEVmwqTvqWIEEMO6gARg9gz-8fZliHX9tmSpy8irMuVsAa1hTDhIw2Bs93a2qOY0UHXaUFi9s8Le4/s320/carol1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526133073868024946" /></a><br /><br /><br />I have been meaning to bake for a while so this was a good fall kick off recipe. I have been making this for a couple of years now for my dad... I got the recipe from Carol Murphy.... YUM!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536762077298647394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460417527992309467.post-68470974405367024952010-07-28T07:47:00.000-07:002010-07-28T07:56:24.183-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3HJTEgZzyDzAlr_BE0Gddkh1RUnMxsiSVA6xsPy0437j8S5mpAjKNqHZTHpl06coTnufEWBVMs8k74sEfGLHejp8n7q_CI-rJq-ll1gAjE-iKJCN8a0hJgXVbPXvS4oJgk7BkenSOa4/s1600/bone.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3HJTEgZzyDzAlr_BE0Gddkh1RUnMxsiSVA6xsPy0437j8S5mpAjKNqHZTHpl06coTnufEWBVMs8k74sEfGLHejp8n7q_CI-rJq-ll1gAjE-iKJCN8a0hJgXVbPXvS4oJgk7BkenSOa4/s320/bone.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498971008433405282" /></a><br />I made these last Sunday when I found that I had no butter to bake a cake (as requested by my friend Robea). Oliver loves these and they were really easy to make!<br /><br />Peanut butter poppers<br /><br />2 cups whole-wheat flour <br />1 tbsp. baking powder <br />1 cup peanut butter (chunky or smooth) <br />1 cup milk <br /><br />Preheat oven to 375'F. In a bowl, combine flour and baking powder. In another bowl, mix peanut butter and milk, then add to dry ingredients and mix well. Place dough on a lightly floured surface and knead. Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness and use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes. Bake for 20 minutes on a greased baking sheet until lightly brown. Cool on a rack, then store in an airtight container. (Kakie baked them at 350 and didn't have issues with burning).<br /><br />www.bullwrinkle.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536762077298647394noreply@blogger.com0